Re-Awarded MVP for 2011

I received my notice that I was renewed as a MIcrosoft MVP for SQL Server for 2011.  It's a nice...

MVP Award for 2011

I just received notification from the Microsoft MVP Award Program that I’ve received the MVP award for SQL Server for...

Easy CDC part 2: Automating a Quick Initial Load, and Some Gotchas

Introduction

A couple of weeks ago I made this post about quickly building a CDC system against a vendor ERP database....

2010 Goals Review

I started the year with 10 Goals for 2010 and now I'll end it by looking at how many of...

XQuery for the Non-Expert – Substring() Function

Follow the rest of this series at the XQuery for the Non-Expert – X-Query Resources introduction post.
Talk to the Experts
Within the...

Happy New Year

Well it’s Friday again and another big day.
Hopefully you all had a great Christmas and as we move to...

2010 - A Year without Specific Goals

In previous years I had set goals and even if I didn't fully achieve them, they were helpful in giving...

The Year of Change: 2010 In Review

Like clockwork, another year has come and (almost) gone.  It’s been a wild year on many fronts: major happenings included...

Blogging on Blogging

So I must confess that my blogging efforts to date have been on the impersonal side
– perhaps even a bit...

Quick MCM Prep Help

Before I went on vacation, I mentioned I was downloading some of the MCM videos from Technet.I had grabbed 4...